Monday, October 19, 2009

Dixie's views on dog intelligence

Hi! It's me, Dixie! I'm busy doing my guard dog thing today. I've been fine-tuning my growl for the Halloween season, and I am pretty sure that I scared the grocery guy this morning. Anyway, I thought I'd take a break to share my views on the findings of Dr. Stanley Coren, professor of psychology in Vancouver. I find it somewhat unsettling that Lhasa Apsos are ranked as the 68th most intelligent dogs. It was good to see that I at least came in above the Shih Tzu, but 68?!? I will also mention that Poodles came in at number 2...ummm, hello?! Have you ever seen a Poodle with blogging skills? Are Poodles reading your website, Dr. Coren? Nope, that's me, number 68! I am aware that I am afraid of pumpkins, but this shouldn't count towards my intelligence. Pumpkins are creepy, everyone knows that! And now I have to worry about those obnoxious Labs that I pass on my walk. They're gonna' be talking smack with their number 7 rank. It is some comfort to me that you, my loving followers, know the truth. Your undervalued diva-Dixie

3 comments:

OMG Dixie, Let's go protest that "Doctor"s list. There is no way he actually met any Lhaso Apso's EVER! OR any dachshunds because my ranking was awful, too! I mean-any dog know words like ball and ride...but does a poodle know phrases like "round spherical object" or "transport machine"? I DO because my humans (used to) like to try and talk about things they were going to do-and think I didn't understand. But I showed them. And just so you know, I think covers (car covers, grill cover) are creepy-I mean, WHY cover something--it is just like those humans and clothes-I just don't get it.-your partner in intelligence,Chloe

Dixie,We would never subordinate you due to some arbitrary list of rankings... OK so I'm a lab, and brother dog is a border collie - both fare pretty well on the list... but we have to ask - does Dr.Coren even speak Dog? We asked the cats, and they said that all Dogs are less intelligent than cats - what do they know? Either way, we love your blog and cannot believe that anyone would discount your contribution to the intellectual landscape of the web.